حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ سَلَامٍ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ قَالَ عَامِرٌ الشَّعْبِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَلَاثَةٌ لَهُمْ أَجْرَانِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْکِتَابِ آمَنَ بِنَبِيِّهِ وَآمَنَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَالْعَبْدُ الْمَمْلُوکُ إِذَا أَدَّی حَقَّ اللَّهِ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ وَرَجُلٌ کَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ أَمَةٌ يَطَأَهَافَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَهَا وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ ثُمَّ قَالَ عَامِرٌ أَعْطَيْنَاکَهَا بِغَيْرِ شَيْئٍ قَدْ کَانَ يُرْکَبُ فِيمَا دُونَهَا إِلَی الْمَدِينَةِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 97
Narrated Abu Burda's father: Allah's Apostle said "Three persons will have a double reward: 1. A Person from the people of the scriptures who believed in his prophet (Jesus or Moses) and then believed in the Prophet Muhammad (i .e. has embraced Islam). 2. A slave who discharges his duties to Allah and his master. 3. A master of a woman-slave who teaches her good manners and educates her in the best possible way (the religion) and manumits her and then marries her."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020